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a. Of no value; rejected; useless. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A well known light red variety of American grape. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A light-colored, sprightly American wine from the Catawba grape. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl.; sing. Catawba. (Ethnol.) An Appalachian tribe of Indians which originally inhabited the regions near the Catawba river and the head waters of the Santee. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl.; sing. Choctaw. (Ethnol.) A tribe of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian), in early times noted for their pursuit of agriculture, and for living at peace with the white settlers. They are now one of the civilized tribes of the Indian Territory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a part cut off or away; having the corners rounded or cut away. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cutaway coat, a coat whose skirts are cut away in front so as not to meet at the bottom. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. rapid acceleration. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- pickup. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a rapid escape (as by criminals); as, the thieves made a clean getaway; they made their getaway in a stolen car. [ wns=2 ]
Syn. -- lam. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A mechanical lift. See Elevator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Tamil milagu-tannīr pepper water. ] An East Indian curry soup. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Mullagatawny. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. Deep orange-yellow; dark yellow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl.; sing. Ottawa /sing>. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who, when first known, lived on the Ottawa River. Most of them subsequently migrated to the southwestern shore of Lake Superior. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. Dan. staae to stand, Sw. stå. √163. ] To be fixed or set; to stay. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Tow. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Tew to tow, Tow, v. t. ] To push; to tug; to tow. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tawed p. pr. & vb. n. Tawing. ] [ OE. tawen, tewen, AS. tāwian to prepare; cf. D. touwen, Goth. tēwa order, taujan to do, and E. tool. √64. Cf. 1st Tew, Tow the coarse part of flax. ] 1. To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. AS. tāw instrument. ] 1. A large marble to be played with; also, a game at marbles. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles. [ Colloq. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a tawdry manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality or state of being tawdry. [ 1913 Webster ]

A clumsy person makes his ungracefulness more ungraceful by tawdriness of dress. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Tawdrier superl. Tawdriest. ] [ Said to be corrupted from Saint Audrey, or Auldrey, meaning Saint Ethelreda, implying therefore, originally, bought at the fair of St. Audrey, where laces and gay toys of all sorts were sold. This fair was held in Isle Ely, and probably at other places, on the day of the saint, which was the 17th of October. ] 1. Bought at the festival of St. Audrey. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And gird in your waist,
For more fineness, with a tawdry lace. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Very fine and showy in colors, without taste or elegance; having an excess of showy ornaments without grace; cheap and gaudy; as, a tawdry dress; tawdry feathers; tawdry colors. [ 1913 Webster ]

He rails from morning to night at essenced fops and tawdry courtiers. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Tawdries A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair; hence, a necklace in general. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Of which the Naiads and the blue Nereids make
Them tawdries for their necks. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who taws; a dresser of white leather. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A place where skins are tawed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being tawny. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Tawnier superl. Tawniest. ] [ F. tanné, p. p. of tanner to tan. See Tan, v. t. & n. Cf. Tenné. ] Of a dull yellowish brown color, like things tanned, or persons who are sunburnt; as, tawny Moor or Spaniard; the tawny lion. “A leopard's tawny and spotted hide.” Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. Icel. tōpi fool, Dan. taabe, Sw. tåp. ] A foolish or thoughtless young person, esp. a slothful or slovenly woman. [ Scot. ] Burns. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ See Taw to beat. ] A leather lash, or other instrument of punishment, used by a schoolmaster. [ Written also tawes, tawis, and tawse. ] [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Never use the taws when a gloom can do the turn. Ramsay. [ 1913 Webster ]